The Darkness Beyond the Daisies Quotes

“I love every scar, every story of survival, every tiny thing that people like you would never appreciate. Because she's here. . . with me. Still with me. She had them when I married her, and she looked the most beautiful thing in her dress.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“When you're standing so close to the edge, it's important to avoid those who make you feel like jumping. . . or those who would push you without remorse.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“Would it bring you peace to know that your heart isn't the only one breaking every time you find a new bruise?”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“You see the real me. . . and I know all versions of who I am will fall in love with you one day.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I’ll remind you only once more; you are mine. My girl. My wife. My fucking property. And this, this is mine.” He slapped my pussy, and I jumped, startled by the sting of his fingers. “Mine. And I don’t want it fucking dripping for anyone else. Do you understand?”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I stared at her for a moment, hating that she was sitting only feet away from the stains of my trauma.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“The dark and gloaming hallway appeared longer. Shadows moved without a warrant, making the house act like the leading prop of an old horror movie—very fitting for its image.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I hate that I love you.” “I don’t understand why you feel that way. You never did before. You told me you could handle it.” “And it broke me. There isn’t enough sanity in either of us to try to make things right.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I was broken beyond fucking repair—but that was both a blessing and a curse. Because now, he could never hurt me more than he already had.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I enjoyed living in the lie that she meant absolutely fuck all to me, but the truth was, she was everything that made my miserable face smile, even if it was only while I made her heart, eyes, and soul weep.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“he moved like a ghost—an entity from my past that I was desperate to expel from my life.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“He was grungy, almost Gothically ethereal looking. His pale skin glowed like that of the vampires in my favorite book.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I see my little survivor. My heroine”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I don’t want to see her get hurt.” “Then close your eyes.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“She was the lady of the house, and she seemed much nicer than the bad dye job harboring her strands.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“She didn’t look at my face; she’d seen it often enough in her worst nightmares–her expression told me that much. I smiled knowing she was fucking dreaming of me.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I see the scars, and they bring me pain, yes, as much as they do you, but I don't see the unattractiveness you fear. I see my little survivor. My heroine, who still cared for me when she'd been hurt by my hands. I see the girl I fell in love with ten years ago and the woman I’ll never get over. I see you, Moonlight, your beautiful soul, your innocence, and your one-of-a-kind heart, and it's kept me alive for years.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“because my feelings of love and compassion hadn’t disappeared, they were just now attended with hatred and fear.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“My moonlight. You light up the dark, and stay with it, huddled in, fearlessly.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“When you’re standing so close to the edge, it’s important to avoid those who make you feel like jumping. . . or those who would push you without remorse.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“Let's see how you feel about yourself now that your face is as fucking ugly as your soul.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“I'd never allow him to end my life. . . I’d just allow him to ruin it. Because ruining it was better than racing through my afterlife with him in my shadow, because after driving the blade into my flesh, he'd drag it across his own throat. He wouldn't live without me, that was clear. He didn't know how.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“Nope. You’ll still be mine, even in death, doll. Remember what I said.” Hell slid the ring onto my ring finger, caging the digit in white gold. “I will haunt you until your heart stops beating. Possess you more than I do now. And then, you’ll be mine again. There’s no escaping now.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies

“Jolie. You will marry me today, or you won't live until tomorrow. If I can’t have you in life, no one will. But in death, you’ll be mine.”
― Cori Zahara, The Darkness Beyond the Daisies